Being cheap and a fan of system light games, I've been really into Fate (and FAE) lately.

Any fans here? Board seems heavily dominated by D&D...

(I like D&D, though currently pretty happy with PF)

Yeah, sure. Though it's a bit of a vague questions given the how wildly different  individual implementations can be. FAE is nothing like Stands of Fate and there is nothing "system light" about Starblazers Adventures.

As for me, I've playing on and off Fate for the last 10 years and Fudge before that. My favourite commercial version is Bulldogs! as it's a very fun setting and the rules are presented in a somewhat more friendly, relaxed sort of way. I also have more own Fate game, Bounty Hunters of the Atomic Wastelands, which unsurprisingly does exactly what I want it to do.

What I have really played to excess over the last three years, even just yesterday, is ICONS. Technically it is only Fate-inspired but for me it takes the best parts of Fate and incorporates it into a game that runs just so smoothly.

I bought a printed copy of FAE. I read through it but I've just played it once so haven't any strong feelings about it either way. I have not read Core yet as there are only so many times you can read through what is roughly the same mechanics but with a few new twists and improvements. I'll pick it up when I'll have specific need for it.

I liked Fudge, but Fate's aspects don't work for me. I respect the system and deserves its fans, but FOR ME tapping aspects feels like video game clicking and breaks immersion badly. I'm not even sure why exactly, but I played in three FATE campaigns run by solid-to-great GMs and the system never worked for me.

I love Fate, works fine for me. I'm working on something for the long run use of FATE or FAE, but I'm still in the middle end run of H&S2E

ICONS is about as "Fatey" as I get. I like the simplified version of aspects that ICONS has, where they're limited to character traits that can be used for a "Determination" economy, but I think FATE itself takes the aspects idea way too far.

Quote from: Blacky the Blackball;768997ICONS is about as "Fatey" as I get. I like the simplified version of aspects that ICONS has, where they're limited to character traits that can be used for a "Determination" economy, but I think FATE itself takes the aspects idea way too far.

Yeah. Me too.

I find it a system heavily conflicted despite its seeming appeal. You have very simple and super crunchy side by side, along with player and PC perspectives in the same space. I have often found a group struggle to be on the "same page" with FATE.

Quote from: Blacky the Blackball;768997ICONS is about as "Fatey" as I get. I like the simplified version of aspects that ICONS has, where they're limited to character traits that can be used for a "Determination" economy, but I think FATE itself takes the aspects idea way too far.

Yeah, I like ICONS well enough, but my group balked hard at FATE. They just didn't get it, or like what they read, either in the Core Rules or (sadly) Dresden. It wasn't meant to be, I guess.

I really like the idea of Fate. I really like Bulldogs! and the Fate Worlds supplements (a game about Firefighters? Fucking AWESOME).

But other than making characters a few times and briefly participating in a play-by-post game, I haven't really gotten a chance to play. I'd really like to, but oh well.

It's complicated.

Run Starblazer Adventures once and hated it.

Played ICONS once and found it kind of meh.

I was willing to give FAE and FATE Core a try until Fred Hicks decided to endorse false accusations at certain people. Now I'm hesitant to pick up stuff he's involved with.

I've long enjoyed using FUDGE and have a healthy collection of the dice.  I haven't had a chance to really play FATE, although I do have a bunch of the different rulesets either physically or electronically.  But I want to.

I suspect I'll get to it sooner or later - when my kid's a couple years older, at the worst.

Cool!

The thing I've seen with Aspects is that they seem to be really poorly explained in every product. It's conversations that have clarified things far more than actual game rules.

Anyway, just feeling out the board culture, thank you.

(I haven't gotten a chance to play Fate mainly because my TT group died years ago, I'm a long trip from most folks, and I have two five year olds)

I'm a fan.

You might recognize me as Kyoryu on TBP.

Also, I'm in Bellevue, right next to the MS campus, so getting together would be feasible.

I've been using Fate to run Zelazny's Amber for about 6 years updating as more refined versions of the system come out. We've enjoyed it quite a bit.

ICONS is as close to FATE as I've gotten.

Quote from: robiswrong;769068I'm a fan.

You might recognize me as Kyoryu on TBP.

Also, I'm in Bellevue, right next to the MS campus, so getting together would be feasible.

Cool! I'm hoping come September I'll start being able to consider having a life...